Title

General Charles Gordon, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

General Charles Gordon, British soldier, late 19th or early 20th century. Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, Charles George Gordon (1833-1885) was killed at Khartoum, Sudan, on 26 January 1885 when the forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city. Lantern slide.

Date

1875

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C60_253

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (6,0Mb) / 14,0in x 13,9in / 4196 x 4175 (300dpi)

Keywords

England face job head country body bodies law crime occupation British English profile military war location century Colonial empire Britain profession general soldiers soldier murder concept slaughter attache killed Governor administrator murdered 19th century nineteenth century The Print Collector British Empire colonialism governor general Governor-General lantern slide murdering slaughtering Charles George Gordon General Gordon portrait attaché Unknown General Gordon General Charles George Chinese Gordon Charles George Governor-General of Sudan Gordon Pasha 19th-century General Charles George Gordon Gordon of Khartoum Major-General Charles George Gordon Charles Gord